Skill Sharpeners: Geography engages your child in exploring the world while learning important map skills and geography concepts. The cross-curricular activities integrate the most current geography standards.

Each geography topic includes nonfiction reading selections, comprehension questions, vocabulary practice, writing prompts, and authentic activities that bring the concepts to life. These activities invite your child to be creative while using higher-order thinking skills.
 
The reading selections and activities take students beyond basic geographic understandings and into unique ecosystems, biomes, places and regions, histories, cultures, and social movements within our world. Students make personal connections to their learning by completing expository and creative writing activities as well as hands-on geography projects.
 
 
Engaging concepts covered include:

Storms on Earth
Special places on Earth
Iceland
Unique trees
Death Valley and deserts
Landform maps
Colliding plates
Altitudes
Immigration
Angel Island
UNESCO
Dealing with water
Scuba diving
Sea pirates
Sea travel

Includes answer key.

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Geography Teaching Guides include:

How to Use directions for teaching geography
Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
Teaching suggestions for incorporating geography discussion questions
Extension activities such as a geography journal, graphic organizers, and field trip suggestions